THE FAMILY LIFE CENTER
of Temple Israel
In conjunction with
The Temple Treasures and
The Caring Community
'
with public funds or pri-
vate funds or anything
ELAINE KAHN
else, fostering divisive-
"Absolutely, the religious
ness and hatred, and
aspect of sending my
there would he no way
children to Akiva is
of controlling this."
important to me. I went
Are American Jews
to all three --- public
frightened by school
school, private feminist
choice?
school and religious
Jonathan Tobin, now
school. Even before we
executive editor of the
were married, I knew i wanted my children
to have a private school education. I could see
Philadelphia Jewish
how vouchers or tuition tax credits would be
Exponent, responded to
desirable.
this question in the book
"But I, personally, on an ethical level, don't
from the 1997 confer-
feel I should be taking away from the public
ence. He said main-
school because I can provide a private education
, stream Jewish organiza-
for my children. Also, what happens to the pub-
tions invoke the specter
lic schools if the kids from the good families all
of the Rev. Pat
leave? The Jewish community, thank God, can
Robertson installing "a
support its schools."
Protestant theocracy"
and
Louis Farrakhan and
— Elaine Kahn of Oak Park, with her sons
his
Nation
of Islam
Joseph, 4, Joshua, Z and Solomon, 18 months,
using
public
funds to
who attend Yeshivat Akiva
train black children to
hate democracy and the
MMOWASSMM ONOMMENSURIM MEGMERMSEVA4
Jews.
"The use of these
counsel for the AJC
scare tactics and red her-
national office. "This has
rings remains the back-
to do with what we see as
bone of the campaign
really a core concern of
against school choice in
what the First
the Jewish community,"
Amendment is about."
wrote Tobin in support
of public aid for private
schools.
National Voices
Do you think that
Rabbi Freedman said
David Gordis, president
public fiends should
the
time has come to
of Hebrew College in
be used for a private
escape
from these fears.
Brookline, Mass., and
or
religious
school
"The
broader
Jewish
director of the Wilstein
education?
community's
opinions
Institute of Jewish Policy
have been shaped in the
Give your opinion on
Studies, co-chaired a
1950s and never
IN
Online
at
1997 conference on
changed much," he said.
www.detroit
vouchers and the wider
jewishnews.com
"I think a new look has
issues of school choice.
to be taken, under new
Co-sponsored by Hebrew
realities."
University and Catholic
But
the
AJC's
Foltin seems to cut
University of America's Columbus
to
the
bottom
line.
School of Law, the conference result-
"The whole discussion about
ed in a book, Vouchers for School
vouchers,
which is taking so much
Choice.
attention now, has really become a
Gordis said he was not inordinate-
distraction from getting our policy-
ly upset about the First Amendment
makers and the public in general to
issue raised by most voucher oppo-
focus on the real issue of what we
nents, but remains convinced that
can do to make our schools work
vouchers are not good public policy.
better," he said. ❑
"My sense is this would open the
door to the kinds of entanglements
there would be virtually no escape
from, such as a proliferation of
Both statewide organizations
schools of varying qualities and vary-
involved in the Michigan voucher
ing ideologies that would. in effect,
proposal maintain their own Web
be supported by public funds,"
sites: www.lcidsfirstyes.org (vouch-
Gordis said.
er supporters) www.allicidsfirstorg
"Some would be those kinds one
(voucher opponents)
would really not want to support
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